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  Theory on how Egyptian pyramids were built

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  though it was impossible to transport massive blocks when building these pyramids, would it not make more sense that blocks of clay were formed and shaped (one or more at a time), waited to dry and hardened, then continue with the next one or two blocks?.

  wasn't this how the egyptians made anything?

  (clay and so forth?).

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  Monsieur

  solid stone, you mean as in carved out of some nearby mountain and transported?
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  Egyptian Mystery Schools

  by cameo-d in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what kind of subjects do you think they taught?.

  do you think they are still around in our time...but maybe underground...or a different name?.

  what was criteria for acceptance in egyptian mystery school?.

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  Monsieur

  i'm begininng to believe that they also taught 'real life' application of such knowledge,

  as in, how to use this knowlege to your advantage to obtain power and influence.

  this would of been the most important subject.
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  Theory on how Egyptian pyramids were built

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  though it was impossible to transport massive blocks when building these pyramids, would it not make more sense that blocks of clay were formed and shaped (one or more at a time), waited to dry and hardened, then continue with the next one or two blocks?.

  wasn't this how the egyptians made anything?

  (clay and so forth?).

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  Monsieur

  right, but wouldn't it be easier to transport wet clay and mold it as it dried to form a pyramid?
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  Theory on how Egyptian pyramids were built

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  though it was impossible to transport massive blocks when building these pyramids, would it not make more sense that blocks of clay were formed and shaped (one or more at a time), waited to dry and hardened, then continue with the next one or two blocks?.

  wasn't this how the egyptians made anything?

  (clay and so forth?).

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  Monsieur

  Though it was impossible to transport massive blocks when building these pyramids, would it not make more sense that blocks of clay were formed and shaped (one or more at a time), waited to dry and hardened, then continue with the next one or two blocks?

  Wasn't this how the egyptians made anything? (clay and so forth?)
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  Is THIS the holy grail??

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was watching the nature channel last night - (what follows are a list of thougts that came to mind as i watched).

  -a pride of young lions and their mother are going about their day, and then they hunt down a giraffe.

  one of the lions proceeds to tear the head off the neck and walks away with it to eat it in solitude.

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  Monsieur

  I was watching the nature channel last night - (what follows are a list of thougts that came to mind as i watched)

  -a pride of young lions and their mother are going about their day, and then they hunt down a giraffe. one of the lions proceeds to tear the head off the neck and walks away with it to eat it in solitude. (the scene was absolutely jarring, yet the comentator didn't flinch.)

  -an intruder male lion attacks the pride and mortally wounds one of the young lions. (for the next 15 mins, the commentator focused on the slow death of this young lion, and how his brothers and mother were 'saddened', traumatized , etc by the death of one of its own. yet a few hours before they had done the same thing to a baby giraffe!)

  -is this 'fair'? or just simply nature going through the 'circle of life'? (killing of a baby giraffe is fine, killing of a lion is 'sad', beheading of a soldier/agent in London is , what? attrocious? unspeakable? because we are human? what about the lion? what made their loss more eventful than the giraffe's?

  -is only man capable of 'distinguishing' one manner of death from the next? why do we attribute a higher loss to human life, when the rest of nature is perfectly accepting of 'the circle of life'?

  -man's capacity for thought and reasoning thus lends itself to aspire to a higher 'state' of existence. the fact that anyone here will designate a human loss a greater loss than an animal or plant loss proves this. right?

  -man's propensity to concede to its ego is what has made the concept of 'religion' possible (if there is no god). an exceptionally clever person one day a long time ago figured they could play on this/our propensity and made himself a being of the hightest 'state' , a god.

  how he did it, how he immortilized himself through myth, fictitious conflicts, symbols and so forth...THAT must be the holy grail, no?
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  If there really is no God...

  by Monsieur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if there really is no god, then man really only has himself to blame for all this mess.... .

  blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.. man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.. come on people!!!

  why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so???

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  Monsieur

  Evolutionary biology. Our hardwired behaviors and responses, that have helped us survive for ~1 million years, can not be rewired in 100 or even 1,000 years. The progress of humanism vastly outpaces the hardware upgrade needed for such a wholesale change. I wish I had a more positive answer.

  bibiyan-

  bibiyan, if this is the case, then religion IS in fact necessary, in order to make sense of something that is impossible to change. Religion would be necessary in order to inspire hope of changing the impossible to change. otherwise, we really are just another species of animal.

  how ironic that religion in its efforts has served to instigate man against himself even more.

  what a 'circle' of futility, don't you think?
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  If there really is no God...

  by Monsieur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if there really is no god, then man really only has himself to blame for all this mess.... .

  blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.. man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.. come on people!!!

  why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so???

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  Monsieur

  If there really is no God, then man REALLY only has himself to blame for all this mess...

  Blaming god or satan would only seem like a cop - out, and an excuse for opression.

  Man may not be able to stop a tsunami or a hurricane, but we can absolutely stop wars and opression, violence and hatred.

  Come on people!!! why is this so difficult to accomplish when we have the capacity to do so??? if there are no 'spirits' getting in our way, what gives???
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  What about the OUIJA board? anyone played it?

  by Monsieur in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the ouija board is suppose to be a straight shot to interacting with 'demons'.. has anyone here played it?

  what happened?

  are the claims true regarding the floating pieces an such?.

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  Monsieur

  The ouija board is suppose to be a straight shot to interacting with 'demons'.

  Has anyone here played it? what happened? are the claims true regarding the floating pieces an such?
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  Did the Romans use crosses or stakes??

  by Monsieur in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the cross is so prevalent, i would be inclined to believe that this is for a reason.

  can anybody provide references for either one?

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  Monsieur

  The cross is so prevalent, i would be inclined to believe that this is for a reason. Can anybody provide references for either one?
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  Who has experienced a REAL demonic incident?

  by Monsieur in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  has anybody here experienced a bonafide, real, true incident in whicy 'demons' actually interacted with you or did something 'supernatural' that left you convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that satan and his demons exist??.

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  Monsieur

  This discussion, i feel, only proves the disparate disconnect between a 'concept' (existence of demons) and an absolute (cold, hard, 'palpable' evidence that CANNOT be refuted or denied by any intelligent and reasonable human mind).

  it could be akin to once attempting to prove that the sun (or earth) was/wasn't the center of the universe, and eventually man accepted whatever proof or evidence of it became recorded.

  will we one day have absolute proof of the existence of demons? hard to say. we have so far so much evidence of so many other once 'inconceivable' claims, why is this not the case with demons?

  there is still a small (very small) part in my brain that says there is a chance, but its becoming reduced more and more.

  man can be 'demonic' (murdering, hateful, abusive) there is plenty of proof of that.